1998 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Blanc De L'Orée

Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 93.0 points

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  12/31/2021 - winetobealive wrote: 95 Points

  exceptional length of white and yellow flowers, apple, peer, mirabelle. soft and fresh in mouth. nothing heavy. perfect for itself or hard cheeses. no signs of oxydation at all.

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  2/13/2021 - winetobealive wrote: 93 Points

  13/2/2021. robe qui commence à dorer. notes de mirabelle couvertes par une base d’oxydation/rancio. jolie longueur en bouche mais épaisseur décevante. pas d’oxydation. 91. Moins bien le lendemain. Apogée semble passée.
  12/3/2021: nouveau coup de seringue sur la même bouteille : très joli accord des notes de sous bois de l'ermitage avec une poularde aux morilles. très joli vin plein de classe. 93-94

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  12/12/2020 - CGandur Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Lovely, a touch oxidized, but beautiful. Not for everyone though

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  12/19/2018 - ricard wrote: 94 Points

  Tiny bit closed. Nutty, primarily, with noticeable oxidation. I'm told this is deliberate, that in fact, this 100% Marsanne is "the original skin-contact orange wine". So there you go. Acidic and oxidative. You need to be into that to like this. I don't, but I recognise the objective quality. Challenging for my palate, but interesting. Huge structure and quite tremendous. Stony and a touch of aniseed. Not an easy wine.

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  12/3/2018 - Big Dog wrote: 85 Points

  Meh - I have drank about 10 of the 1997s and 1998s. This was my last bottle. I don't understand what Parker said back in the day about the wines turning into something magical with age. These wines a suspect are best drunk young. I have had some bottles that were completely oxidized and others that were just ok. This wine had some mature flavors as well as little bit of oxidative notes. The wine was drinkable but nothing memorable. Drink them up if you got them!

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